Pavel314 wrote:


"Luc Volders" wrote in
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Last year I wrote a web-log entry about
elderberries which drew a lot of attention.

The method I use is as follows:

Pick the berries and pour then into a bucket
with water. The ripe ones will have sugar and
therefore submerge. The unripe ones are lighter
and will float.

Look for photos on my web-log:

http://wijnmaker.blogspot.com/2007/0...on-ik-had.html

There was a lot of contravery about me saying
to boil the berries.
Elderberries have sambunigrin which may cause a
lot of trouble so I will always boil them.

Me port-style recipe is also on the same
web-log page.

Besides all this:
I make about 20 to 30 batches every year from
differet fruit and ederberry wine is still the
best.

luc


Luc,

Very nice website, thanks for the reference. I
see you make rose wine; I make mead flavored
with rose petals, about one quart of fresh
petals per gallon of must.

Paul

I have some rose petals in the freezer from last
year. Have you ever made mead with rose petals
stored in this manner?